August 22 is celebrated nationwide as the Russian National Flag Day. Set in 1994, this day is meant to honor the country's main symbol - the flag that unites people of all generations, ethnicities, religions and backgrounds. University celebrated it with a solemn gathering, in which SurGU employees and students, as well as VIP guests and Surgut citizens took part.

The celebration was opened with a solemn raise of the flags of Russia, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Ugra and Surgut State University. Ceremonial speeches were given by SurGU Vice Rector Yelena Konovalova, Surgut City and Surgut Diistrict draft officer Andrei Kalyadin and SurGU Student Council President Danila Prozherin. The ceremony then continued with a flashmob dance performed by the students.

Group of Surgut State University's outstanding students have visited Altai Mountains. Tourist group led by Svyatoslav Bolotov, Vice Rector for Youth Policy, has departed on August 10, the tour itself will last until August 21.

The tour includes hike trips and horseback rides, Katun' river rafting, guided trips to various picturesque natural landmarks, a picnic in Kurai Steppe and many other activities. Students also had a chance of tasting the local cuisine and visiting the apiary. The tour itself is rich in activities, which will definitely leave lasting and pleasant impressions

Surgut State University suggested the establishment of professional education institute for indigenous peoples of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Ugra. The concept involves assistance and guidance to children and young people throughout the entire education period, including professional education. As stated by Natalia Komarova, the Governor of Ugra, educational programs for 20 specializations are now in active development. The decision was made during the meeting of Ugra Governor with the council of elders of region's indigenous peoples. The meeting took place in Khanty-Mansiysk in Torum Maa Historical Museum

Photo by Ugra Social Media Center

Surgut State University's Medical Institute graduate student Laysan Khisamiyeva presented a research of diagnostic significance of glycemic markers during the gestational diabetes (GD). Research was curated by Head of Medical Institute's Midwifery, Gynecology and Perinatology department, President of Surgut Regional Maternity and Childhood Protection Center Larisa Belotserkovtseva and department's assistant professor Yelena Yerchenko.

In her paper, the student conducted a comparative analysis of various glycemic markers in GD diagnostics, pointing out effects and action of each. These markers can not only be useful in monitoring and preventing perinatal complications, but also in development of patient treatment tactic. Researcher states that there is also an interest in studying predictive valley and implementation of serum hyperglycemia biomarkers in practical healthcare.

Solemn Diploma Award Ceremony was held in Surgut State University Theater to celebrate the graduation of 122 Medical College students, 27 of which have received the diplomas with honor. 70 graduates presented the Nursing program, with 15 of them earning honorary diplomas.

Apart from it, Yunus Salmanov, Surgut Ambulance Station's chief medical officer, called out to the graduates introducing them to job opportunities the Surgut Ambulance Station can offer. The ceremony concluded with all of the graduates passing through the Gate of Knowledge in front of SurGU's Main Building.

Previous week, June 26 to July 1, 2023 saw the Medical College conduct the demo exams. These exams were held within Professionals Russian championship movement's competitive format. 44 people in total were approved to take the exam, of which 20 were the second-year nursing students and 24 the third-year general medicine students.

All of the exam participants were to complete several tasks close to real medical practice cases, each task should be completed within four hours. The objective of this demo exam was to evaluate the students' ability to meet modern practical healthcare requirements. This format of validation is used by Medical College since 2022.

Edmon Tunyan, Polytechnical Institute graduate studying information systems and technologies, was pronounced Best SurGU Graduate – 2023. Edmon is not only a student, but also a young entrepreneur, being a co-founder of EDRO Tekhnologii company.

Though young, Edmon is a very prominent young professional. Amongst his achievements are a number of mobile apps:CasTus, BioScan, Event Guid, AR Museum and HT Group. Edmon also is twice a winner of Ugra.Start scientific, technological. enterprisal, social and creative start-up projects festival. He also is twice a winner of grants from Innovation Assistance Fund for his projects.

As a prize, Edmon will also have a chance to go on a tour around Altai with 30 best students of Surgut State University

Tarlan Isayev, Surgut State University Medical Institute graduate, and Best Graduate of 2016, is now a successful intensivist and transfusiologist working in Surgut Regional Clinic Maternity and Child Welfare Center. Years of hard work and studies have proven that this is the only right way to achieve success. Today, on May 31, when the Best Graduate 2023 will be defined, Tarlan Isayev shares his words of advice with future medical specialists of SurGU.

"Hard work is the coolest talent," says Tarlan. "There are principles you should stick to and develop for your personal and professional growth. So study hard, do science, manage your resources wisely and work in multi-task mode – this is how you'll get scientific and career achievements!"

Gala night dedicated to Surgut State University's 30th Anniversary was held in University Theater on May 26, the Anniversary day. The grand event was opened with Sergei Kosenok, SurGU Rector, recounting the history of the University and the people who first stood behind it in his opening speech.

During the gala night, the best of University's academic and administrative staff were awarded for their achievements in career, scientific, educational and social fields. The Honorary Professor title was awarded to Vladislav Ostreikovsky, Professor of Polytechnical Institute Informatics and Computation Department, and Economy Professor Alexander Groshev.

BadgesFor Merit to Ugra Higher School were awarded to:

• Nadezhda Butenko, Assisted Professor of Philosophy and Law Department;
• Oksana Ischenko, Professor of State, Municipal and Human Resources Management Department;
• Pyotr Makarov, Assisted Professor of Biology and Biotechnology Department;
• Viktoria Pavlovskaya, Assisted Professor of Morphology and Physiology Department;
• Natalya Peshkova, Professor, Head of Physical Education Departmennt.

TheHonorary Doctor of Surgut State University title was awarded to 7th Convocation Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Ugra Duma Deputy Chairman Natalya Zapadnova.

Irina Zhuravel, Professor of Institute of Humanities and Sport Professional and Supplemenrary Education Paedagogics Department, was included in the SurGU Book of Honor. 165 awards were given out in total.

The gala featured artistic performances by the students and graduates of the University, as well as pupils of SurGU's Children Talents Development Center.

As part of Surgut State University's 30th Anniversary, the Outstanding Students' Evening was held on May 24. Over 50 of the best University students were celebrated during the event. 22 of which were awarded with Honor Board Eligibility certificates. 17 more students were marked as the enterprising and successful, and also awarded with certificates. 30 other students were assigned awards in other nominations, dedicated to sport, volunteering, art, science and other activities.

The ceremony was combined with artistic performances and videos of congratulations. 

May 24 saw students and academic staff of the University gather in front of the Main Building of SurGU to celebrate the Slavic Literacy and Culture Day. This holiday was set on May 24 to commemorate Christian saints Cyril and Methodius, the two brothers who evangelized the Slavs in the A.D. 863.

The celebration was held in the form of a traditional solemn gathering with congratulatory speeches, release of white pigeons and ceremonial march of all guests around the Main Building. However, the 2023 program included the opening of a new art object located right at the entrance to SurGU square. This art object titled Here Begins Your Future is a stylized direction post which displays directions and distances to Russia's different universities. It is meant to symbolize the starting point of any student's educational and career pathway.

Surgut State University's Institute of Humanities and Sport celebrated its 10th anniversary. The ceremony was held in University's Theater and opened with Mister SurGU 2023 Vladislav Apokin reporting on the Institute's achievements and results. Best professors were awarded with Certificates of Honor and thank-you letters from Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Ugra Department of Education and Science. Students also were awarded by Institute's thank-you letters for their merit in science, studies and extracurricular activities. Event also featured performances presented by students and graduates

Daniil Chebotkov, a 2018 Surgut State University graduate, is about to set up a video game publishing company. The main objective of it is to establish a video game publisher – an agency which will pitch and curate video game projects created by its contractors from gamedev companies all across Russia. Daniil Chebotkov plans to use the newest artificial intelligence systems to facilitate the ease and lower the costs of game development.

The project was already sent to a student start-ups contest run by Innovation Assistance Fund. It will be presented by the end of May 2023, and is one from over 3,600 projects to be featured. 1,500 winners will be eligible to apply for a 1 million rouble grant for future development of the start-up project.

April 24 to 28 saw the 13th Eurasian Economics Youth Forum take place in the city of Yekaterinburg, Russia. During the forum, participants were able to visit open lectures and congresses of innovators in different fields ranging from business management to engineering. Students' projects were presented during six congresses.

As a result, five students of Surgut State University were rewarded as the finalists of the forum. Teams led by Anna Antipina, Alexandra Filchak and Yulia Chubachuk took the first, second and third places respectively in an applied science contest "Financial Foresight". The International Competition of Youth Business Projects was won by Polina Sharipova and Ilya Makarenko with their project being the concept of shaped cotton candy sale point.

We wish the young and talented ones good luck on their path to success, and to keep on achieving their goals!

Two-month business acceleration program Tochka otshcheta. Socio (Starting Point. Socio) was launched in Surgut State University on April 20. Within two following months students will develop their socially significant start-up projects, best of which will gain funding from industrial partners for their developments. The final presentation would take place in June 2023.

Within three days students from both our University and schools from all around the city took part in a video game development hackathon organized in partnership with IThub Games studio. 18 teams competed within three different cases, two of which were based on a 2018 movie Tobol, with the remaining case being the drone simulator.

Intense coding sessions took place in the Scientific Library atrium in SurGU Main Building. The end of the hackathon witnessed 11 teams taking the prizes. All participants were awarded with diplomas and souvenirs. The winners' projects (games and prototypes) will be presented on Surgut State University's 30th Anniversary on May 26 for guests to test them.

From April 5 to April 7, 2023, Surgut State University took part in the 22nd international exhibition Education & Career EXPO 2023in Yerevan, Armenia. University was presented by Olga Sharameyeva,Institute of Economy and Management director, and Olga Trukhina, Head of Admission Department.

Main accent during the exhibit was made on presenting the University's scientific magazines, as well as the opportunities for the academic and professional growth and development SurGU may offer. Visitors of the EXPO 2023would find out all necessary information about the institutes and the Medical College, and both school students and their parents were informed about the educational programs provided by SurGU. The platforms like this allow the universities to exchange experience and showcase achievements, thus facilitating the mutually beneficial international cooperation

Surgut State University basketball team UgraBasketwon the Ural Federal District championship among male teams. Playing against the Stary Sobol' basketball club from Nizhny Tagil, our university team has earned its first place in the tournament. The final stage of the competition took place in Druzhbasports center March 24 to 26.

Next tournament up the team's sleeve is Student Basketball Association league. As of now, UgraBasket has made it through 1/16 of the league, and is now awaiting next matches.

Annual contest of intelligence, beauty, elegance and sport Miss SurGU 2023 (also Beauty of SurGU 2023) was held in Surgut State University, witnessing eight participants competing for the title. Young ladies were challenged to not only partake in sportive and artistic competitions, but also to showcase their wits, intelligence and modeling skills, as one of the challenges was set around the gown design.

The main prize and the title of Miss SurGU 2023 went to Polina Andreyeva, student of the Institute of State and Law. Angelina Semenkova from Institute of Humanities and Sport was nominated as Vice Miss SurGU 2023 (runner-up). Online voting was won by Anastasiya Yegorova from Institute of Economy and Management. All winners and participants were rewarded with valuable prizes.

February 25 saw medical students and specialists gathering to discuss methodology and discoveries in the field of hygiene. Guests were introduced to the reports on history of hygienic science both in the world and in Russia. The basis of Russian hygienistics was laid by a famed Soviet researcher Galina Serdyukovskaya (1921 – 2004), Doctor of Medicine and USSR Academy of Medical Science member. Hygienic knowledge, as emphasized by SurGU Medical Instiute assistant professor Viktoria Pavlovskaya, is important to prevent the devastating pandemics, as hygiene and history often walk together. 

Hygiene as a preventive medical discipline began developing in the ancient times, and would evolve within the course of history, suggesting more and more advanced methods of diseases prevention and environment management, which helps keep a person healthy. Many countries implement hygienic research in their legal documents and laws accordingly. The first documented experience of implementing hygienic standards dates back to Ancient India, where the first laws on hygiene were included in the Manu code of laws.

A conference on hereditary lung diseases was held in Surgut State University on Fbruary 16 to 18, supported by Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Ugra Healthcare Department and other regional and national organizations. Major attention was paid to cystic fibrosis and other hereditary lung diseases.

Three-day conference featured symposiums and roundtable sessions for participants, as well as individual medical consultations for patients with cystic fibrosis. During the sessions, new methods of diagnostics were analyzed, and suggested for national-wide use, as cystic fibrosis, if not diagnosed in time, and with no therapy administered, can be highly lethal. 

Every year on February 8, Surgut State University celebrates Russian National Science Day to mark the significance of science in our lives and to acknowledge the achievements of scholars.

Program of the day included the job fair attended by representatives of enterprises in the fields of fuel and power industry, media, transportation and public sector. The Boiling Point (Tochka Kipenya) business space hosted a number of lectures on business and projects run by University.

The most important part of the celebration was the Ball of Science, held within the atrium of the Scientific Library. The Ball of Science is a traditional solemn event held annually on the Science Day, which also concludes the celebration. At the start of the dance party, young ladies and gentlemen were offered the etiquette master class, after which eight couples would compete for the title of the Ball's King and Queen. This very title was given to Nadezhda Obukhova and Sergei Obukhov, both are professors of physical education. 

At the conclusion of the event, as per tradition, three wishes made by participating students before the Ball start were drawn by the Rector Sergei Kosenok to be later fulfilled. These were: a photo of the Rector together with a students' group (wished by Anastasiya Yegorova), summer vacation with top 20 best students (wished by Yevgeny Mikhailov), and Sherbek Rustamov wished good luck and health to all the guests.

On January 30, 2023, Surgut State University was officially visited by a mission from India, led by the Indian Embassy in Russia Minister of Education Shri Subrata Das and MediCare Global Education director Jitendra Kumar.

During the visit, Shri Subrata Das met with Oleg Meling, Vice Head of International Cooperation Department for the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Ugra Public and External Relations and Youth Politics Department, as well as Surgut State University higher management. Topics under discussion included diplomatic cooperation and scientific exchange between Russia and India. Sergei Kosenok, the Rector of Surgut State University, acknowledged the necessity of setting and achieving the virtuous goals, such as training new medical specialists. Director of Medical Institute Lyudmila Kovalenko who marked the extensive opportunities for medical education of foreign students. According to her words, the foreign students "contribute to the future of Russia and India".

The last Friday of January 2023 saw the Grand Tabletop Games Festival Fishka take place in the university. Over 30 students gathered to have fun and play eight different tabletop games together under the supervision of experienced game practitioners. Eight different tabletop games were provided, including Mafia, Codenames, Imaginarium and many more.

The festival was divided into two rounds, with a coffee break in between. At the end of each play round the winners would be awarded with tokens, which then could be exchanged for various merch insigned with SurGU's 30th Anniversary logo, such as USB drives, notebooks, pens and more.

A grand festival was held within the university walls on January 26. All students from India came together to celebrate the Republic Day, India's national holiday.

This year, the Republic Day is celebrated for the 74th time. The day of January 26 was set as a holiday to mark the adoption of the Constitution of India, which was adopted on January 26, 1950. Here, away from home, Indian students have come together for a festival. The program started with a history of the Republic Day, followed by patriotic songs and folk dances performed by the students.

The Students' Day is celebrated in Russia nationwide every year on January 25. Surgut State University is no exception to this tradition. The celebration started with  featured a number of events to mark the significance of the day. Right in the lobby, every student entering the university were treated to a warm fenberry tea.

One such event was Tea with a Rector. There, the Rector of Surgut State University Sergei Kosenok and the university's Vice Rectors have gathered at a table with the most active students to acknowledge their achievements and to discuss the latest questions. All students were wished good luck and success during their studies and exams.

To celebrate the Day of Russian Students, Surgut State University hosted an esports tournament within its walls. Three most poular competitive console games, FIFA '22, UFC 4 and Mortal Kombat X were chosen by the tournament hosts, and the event itself saw over 40 participants willing to compete and show off their skill. Each discipline was presented as a "best-of-1" competition ladder, with only one winner in each. Winners were awarded with gaming headsets as prizes, and the amount of fun was rather overwhelming. It is important to note that in November 2022 SurGU hosted another tournament, this time it was centered around Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, a team-based tactical first-person shooter. Tournament hosts believe that our university may become a platform for new esports stars to rise and shine.

On December 29, 2022, SurGU students and Youth Initiatives Department employees packed and distributed sweet gifts. Out of 64 sweet gifts, 15 were given to Aprel Kids and Family Supportive Center. Apart from that, students and employees presented an entertainment program for the children fostered in the Center. The remaining gifts were distributed to Surgut Geriatric Center and to the children of conscripts.

All students who took part in the event were awarded with the SurGU's Father Frost badges, which marks their contribution in delivery of the New Year miracle to the families of the city

December 24, 2022 saw one of the most significant and grandiose events in the University's life, that being the Open Day. For the first time in two years the event was held offline, having over 300 visitors from different schools of Surgut and Surgut Area. All six institutes, as well as Medical College, were presented at the event, aimed at promoting the Surgut State University to the potential enrollees. Guests would take part in contests and activities organized by the institutes' representatives, as well as get introduced to their prospective tutors and meet new people brought together.

Should you get interested in enrollment, visit go.sugru.ru to find out more about our programs or see the respective sections on this website.